Varanasi panchang, 21 December 2027
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 00:20 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:33 – 15:52
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:25 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:11, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:52
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Char | 09:17 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:40 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:40 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method